# Multipass v1.16.3 — 1.16.3

- Product: Multipass (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/multipass)
- Vendor: Canonical
- Date: 2026-05-26
- Version: v1.16.3
- Original notes: https://github.com/canonical/multipass/releases/tag/v1.16.3
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/multipass/releases/v1.16.3
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

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- **added** — Added core26 to the list of available images
- **fixed** — Fix M4 chip QEMU bug on macOS
- **fixed** — Fix sshfs path normalization
- **fixed** — Change ownership of binaries on macOS
- **security** — Patched two vulnerability issues

This Multipass 1.16.3 patch release adds Ubuntu Core 26, fixes compatibility issues of QEMU on macOS with M4 chips, and patches two vulnerability issues.

##### Features

- [core] Added `core26` to the list of available images (https://github.com/canonical/multipass/pull/4886)

##### Bug fixes

- [macos] Fix M4 chip QEMU bug (https://github.com/canonical/multipass/pull/4852)
- [sshfs] Sshfs path normalization (https://github.com/canonical/multipass/pull/4857)
- [macos] Change ownership of binaries (https://github.com/canonical/multipass/pull/4858)

##### Changes

See also the full diff: [`v1.16.2...v1.16.3`](https://github.com/canonical/multipass/compare/v1.16.2...v1.16.3).

##### Feedback

Please file issues on the [Multipass GitHub](https://github.com/canonical/multipass/issues/new/choose) for problems and feature requests, or join the [Multipass Discourse forum](https://discourse.ubuntu.com/c/project/multipass) to chat. You can also find us in the [Multipass room on Matrix](https://matrix.to/#/#multipass:ubuntu.com).